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Kat Edmonson makes her first Northeast appearance
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“Just Like Heaven”
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“Just One of Those Things”
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“Be the Change”
25-year-old Kat Edmonson and some of the members of her Austin working band will be at The Jazz Standard this June, performing in the Northeast—for the first time—to support her new album, Take to The Sky. The album features familiar highlights from the Great American Songbook, and also gives a nod to modern artists that have made an impact—both on Edmonson herself, and on the world’s musical landscape. It includes a delicate bossa nova reading of The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven,” a backbeat-laden interpretation of Cole Porter’s “Just One of Those Things,” and original interpretations of Carole King’s “One Fine Day,” Henry Mancini’s “Charade,” and John Lennon’s “(Just Like) Starting Over.” The album was produced and arranged by Kevin Lovejoy, mixed by the veteran multi-Grammy winning soundman, Al Schmitt, who engineered Steely Dan’s classic Aja and worked with Frank Sinatra and Sam Cooke.
On American Idol in 2002, the Austin, TX artist performed a memorable version of Peggy Lee’s “Fever.” Notoriously unsympathetic judge, Simon Cowell, told Edmonson that her sound equaled that of the legendary Doris Day, her performance was rated in the top 50 of hundreds of thousands of auditions.
The show will feature John Ellis (saxophone and bass clarinet), J.J. Johnson (drums), Chris Lovejoy (percussion), and Kevin Lovejoy (piano).